UNTESTED VARIE1IE8, ETC. 



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flesh, yellowish, juicy, tender, sugary sweet; "very good/' August and 

 September. 



MALE CARLE. 



Mela Carla, I Pomme de Charles, I Charles Apple. 

 Mela d6 Carlo, | Pomme Finale, | 



Foreign. In our Southern and Southwestern sections, where the soil is 

 rich and summers long, this is one of the very finest apples, and should 

 always have a place. North, it does not answer. Fruit, medium, globu- 

 lar, slightly tapering to the eye ; pale waxy lemon yellow, with distinct 

 brilliant crimson cheek in sun. irregular russet dots, and oft marred by 

 patches of mold or fungus when grown on the alluvial bottoms ; stem, slen- 

 der ; cavity, narrow, deep, regular; calyx, small : basin deep; core, small,* 

 seeds, round, ovate pointed : flesh, white, tender, delicate rose perfume ; 

 " best," October to January. 



MARIA BUSH. 



Origin. Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. A healthy grower and good bearer 

 Fruit, large, roundish oblate ; skin, yellow shaded, striped and splashed 1 

 with red, and thinly sprinkled with russet dots ; stem, slender ; cavity, large 

 basin, abrupt and open ; flesh, white, very tender, juicy, sub-acid. Octobei 

 and November. 



MARKS. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, on the lands of Mr. Klinger. Tree 

 vigorous, upright, productive. Fruit, medium size, roundish, taperinf 

 slightly to the crown, somewhat angular ; skin, yellowish white, with a few 

 russet dots, and nearly covered with a faint orange blush; stem, half an 

 inch long, rather stout ; cavity, narrow, deep, acuminate ; calyx, small, 



